We are proud manufacturers of books and book-like products and our offer spans the electronic, digital and offset book production spectrum with a suite of complementary services to provide customers a comprehensive print service solution.

Clients

We work with a broad array of customers in the professional, educational and trade market as well as government departments and media and advertising agencies.

We are specialists in the manufacturing and distribution of book and book-like products and our product range includes read for pleasure books, reference and educational books, religious books, guide and directory books, art and pictorial books, lifestyle books, financial publications, manuals, catalogues, programmes and magazines. We also offer our publishing customers a suite of complementary services including print-on-demand, back catalogue fulfilment, mailing, direct to consumer distribution, web storefront, virtual warehousing and warehousing and fulfilment.

Speed and Versatility

Our operations are equipped to produce short, medium and long run titles with rapid turnaround services available for local customers on short and medium run titles as well as providing print and fulfil-on-demand services.

Scale up or down

Our operations are flexible to scale up or down to meet our customers’ requirements. Whether we are working with a small to medium sized customer, or a publishing heavyweight, we have the operational know how to make it work.

Core Customers

Educational

Professional

Trade

Core Products

Books

Journals

Manuals

Catalogues

Loose-leaf

Binders

Core Services

Design & Prepress

Digital & offset print

Binding services

Digital asset management

Mailing & distribution

Warehouse & fulfilment

Ligare is the largest specialist book printer on the Eastern Seaboard in Australia. Established in 1979, Ligare has been widely recognised as a knowledgeable and reliable service provider for publishing customers.

McPherson’s Printing Group (MPG) is one of Australia’s leading producers of books and specialise in onshore short, medium and long run book production. Established in 1946 in the Victorian county town of Maryborough, the business made its first foray into printing as can label producers. Now, more than 70 years later, MPG is a leading print partner to renowned publishing houses as well as a range of specialty businesses, governments and institutions.

Government Services

OPUS has specialist capabilities to produce highly confidential, timely and security-sensitive work. Staff and facilities are security screened by the Australian Security Vetting Service and the Department of Defence.

Specialised Services

Our comprehensive Canberra based operations has specialist capabilities to produce a range of government and commercial publications in house. In addition to comprehensive printing and finishing options and a complementary suite of e-commerce, mailing, warehousing and fulfilment services, we also hold up to date government security clearances to produce security-sensitive publications.

Security, Speed and reliability

Having serviced a range of public and private sector clients for over 59 years with certified systems infrastructure and up to date security clearances, we have a proven record to meet our customers’ expectations on security, speed of turnaround and reliability.

Core Customers

Government departments

Public and private Institutions and associations

Commercial bodies

Core Products

Statutory documents

Government reports

Informational publications

Forms and certificates

Campaign material

Point of sale publications

Core Services

Design & Prepress

Digital & Offset printing

Variable data printing

Binding

Mailing and Distribution

Digital asset management

Warehousing and fulfilment

Call centre and e-commerce

Established in 1997 following the acquisition of the Australian Government Publishing Service (AGPS), CanPrint Communications is Canberra's premier provider of printing, publishing and logistics management services and service a range of government departments, publishers, businesses and national associations.

Established in 1958, Union Offset has spent over half a century building its reputation on providing outstanding service and producing quality products and services. Its impressive production capability in the Fyshwick site includes multiple Heidelberg offset presses, the largest digital print facility in Canberra, a well-equipped bindery with modern finishing equipment and state of the art prepress facilities.

Union Offset’s commitment to quality and service is supported by strict quality controls, including both ISO 9001 certification for print production and ISO 14001 certification for environmental management systems.

Situated next-door to Canberra’s Australia Post depot, Canberra Mailing has been providing large scale printing, mailing and distribution services to government departments and private sector companies since 1976.